This is the first in an E-City Beat series on local NPOs. We start with a comparison of the seven most populous Montana counties, ranked by nonprofit‑to‑population ratio, using the following sourced data. Nonprofit Density in Montana’s 7 Most Populous Counties Ranked by NPOs per 1,000 residents 1. Cascade County 2. Yellowstone County 3. Gallatin…
Our annual Presidents Day piece. This is a special time of year for me and my family. Presidents’ Day holds so much meaning and so many great memories for me even now as an adult. Every year when I was a kid, my brothers and I, with barely contained excitement and anticipation, would count down…
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM earthquake shakes, rattles, and rolls Great Falls, MT area.
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Here are some important dates from the Cascade County Elections office for candidates and voters for the upcoming 2026 election cycle. E-City Beat will be covering the local candidates, issues, and campaigns – and following the money. Stay tuned.
As a member of the Growth Policy Steering Committee, I’m pleased to announce the release of the first draft of the new Great Falls Growth Policy. You can find it here and offer your own comments and input in this user friendly, searchable format which allows you to go directly to the parts of the…
Editors note: The following is a guest article submitted by Theodore Bacon. It only takes a small degree of casual observation to see that the quality of a university education and the students it produces has been on decline for several decades now. This is in no means unique to higher education, as k-12 seems…
Editors note: The ‘bootlicking’ image used here is a screenshot from a video Taylor posted on one of her public Facebook pages in which she attempts to smear Great Falls city commissioner Rick Tryon as a Nazi/racist/fascist. The image is not manipulated or PhotoShopped in any way as Taylor has previously tried to imply. As…
I have been asked several times recently about the new Great Falls fireworks restriction ordinance that voters will be voting on in this municipal election. If a majority votes ‘YES’, then the new restrictions would mean, basically, that “…fireworks designed to leave the ground, such as rockets,shells, cakes, missiles, and roman candles; and 2) fireworksdesigned…
Editors note: On this day that our country celebrates a national holiday dedicated to honor one of the past’s greatest explorers. Some would like to denigrate the accomplishment of Christopher Columbus by attaching woke moralistic views of today to those of 500 years ago through revisionist history. Think for a moment what today’s moral evaluations…